Appeal No. 2002-0035
Application No. 08/861,918
provides a connection to a movable electrical component.
The features of these claims are not disclosed in the patent
to Porter and can not be derived [therefrom] . . . .
The examiner responds (answer, page 5) that Porter discloses
all of the claimed features of claims 44 and 45, specifically,
housing 16, closing part 14, flexible film carrier 18 having
conductor tracks 25, and seals 19 on either side of the flexible
carrier film. The examiner also points out that claims 44 and 45
do not include any recitation of the carrier film being connected
to a movable component.
Appellants have not specifically pointed out, and it is not
apparent to us, precisely what claimed features of appellants’
invention Porter lacks. In this regard, we note, as did the
examiner, that claims 44 and 45 do not recite the carrier film as
being connected to a movable electrical component. Based on
appellants’ vague argument that Porter lacks certain unspecified
“new features” of the invention, and the examiner’s well reasoned
position that Porter discloses all claimed features of claims
44 and 45, we shall sustain the standing rejection of claims 44
and 45 as being anticipated by Porter.
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